Foldable box or receptacle



- Patented an. a0, 1923.

NITED-ISTIATES.

PA ENT- oFFicE.

BENJAMIN L. SEVERANCE, OF EAST JORDAN, MICHIGAN FQLDABLE BOX ORRECEPTACLE.

Application filed June 22, 1921. serial mfmaeae.

To all whom it may concern." Be it known that I, BENJAMINL. SEVER- ANCE,a citizen of the United States, residingat East Jordan, in the county ofCharlevoix and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Foldable Boxes or Receptacles, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in whatniay be termed knock-downor foldable boxes or receptacles, which may be equally applicable tocrates. i

The invention has for its object mainly to simplify and expedite theconstruction of the box or crate, as in the manufacture thereof at thefactory, also to greatly facili-.

tate and expedite the assembling of the parts of the box or crate inreceiving the same in its knock-down condition.

A further object of my invention is to provide for carrying out theforegoing purposes or ends in a simple, expeditious, effective andinexpensive manner.

Other objects of'the invention, together with the foregoing, will beapparent from the following description of the construction, arrangementand application of the same. I

The invention therefore consists of certain instrumentalities andfeatures of construction substantially as hereinafter more fully setforth and pointed out in the appended claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment, or oneform, of

my invention wherein it will be understood that various changes andmodifications as relate to the detailed construction and arrangement ofparts may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of myinvention covered by theclaims, and'in which of the box or cratecompletely assembled as in use.

In carrying'out my invention, I provide the principal elements of abottom -1,sides 2, I

ends? and a top or closure 4, these being formed in the usual outline,according-as may be desired to form a closed receptacle or crate. Thebottom and sides have suitably.

applied and secured thereto along their opposed edges, bars 5, whichbars are provided with longitudinal grooves 5 and 5 inwardly from thesides, adapted to receive the respectively. These bars or transversemembers are provided at their ends with do-vetail tenons or tongues, andmortises 6 and 6*, said tongues being bifurcated and received by saidmortises to effect an interlocking action therebetween at those oints.Likewise the ends 3 have also app' ied thereto at their top or upperedges bars 7 having longitudinal grooves 7 a receiving said ends attheir upper edges, all of the parts, having been disposed and properlyforced. together will, thus assembled, form the complete enclosure orcrate as shown. The sides, it will be observed, are bound or secured tothe bottom, by means of preferably four pieces of strap-metal 8"suitablysecured or nailed 'ends at their vertical and horizontal edges, I

suitably nailing the same atthe packers or those receiving the same, as

farmers, or others, who may have use therefor, and also is readilyadapted to provide for facility in assembling thepart's of the enclosureor crate by the packer upon receiving it from the factory. lit is alsoobserved that the device is exceedingly simple, light and inexpensive.

1. A knock down or foldable receptacle, includin ends, sides, and abottom, said sides an bottom being provided with trans verse members,said transverse members being adapted to'receive' the lateral and bottomedges of said ends, and having an interlocking connection at their ends,sa1d interlocking connection, being formed. of bifurcated or forkedtenons at opposite ends of certain transverse members, and slots ormorti'ses in the ends of abutting.; transverse members receiving saidtenons.

2, A knock down or foldable are'ceptacle, including ends, sides, and a'bottom, said sides and bottom being provided with trans verse members,said transversev members Q being providedwith longitudinal groovesadapted to receive the lateral and bottom edges of said ends, and havinginterlocking connections, said interlocking connections being formed ofbifurcated or forked tenons at opposite ends of certain transversemembers, and slots or mortises in the ends of abutting transversemembers receiving said tenons.

3. A knock-down or foldable receptacle, including ends, sides, a bottom,"and a closure, said bottom and sides being provided with transversemembers having grooves receiving the lateral and bottom edges of saidends, and a pair of transverse members having longitudinal groovesreceiving the top edges of said ends and adapted to be interlocked Withthe transverse members of the sides, the interlocking connection beingformed of bifurcated or forked tenons at the opposite ends of certaintransverse members,- and slots or mortises in the ends of abuttingtransverse members receivingsaid tenons.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BENJ. L. SEVERANCE.

